Expected by Cabinet, restricted by contract: how the Cowley Meeting Hall lease raises questions about an £18,000-a-year arrangement. Hillingdon Council’s own records appear to show a simple but serious contradiction at the heart of the Cowley Meeting Hall lease. In March 2022, Cabinet approved a heavily discounted lease for the Hillingdon Foster Carers Association, with […]
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Citizen Science along the River Pinn
Our Community became more water aware after the flooding of June 23rd 2016. We have seen Natural Flood Management installed in Park Wood SSSI as part of the DEFRA funded Pilot Study (2018-21), and some 80 Ruislip residential properties benefitting from the property level protection, both adjacent to the River Pinn, (Frequently Flooded Communities fund), […]
Hillingdon Decides: 2026 Local Elections – where the Parties Stand on Hillingdon’s future
On the evening of 21st April 2026, our own Graham Bartram – Chair of both Ruislip Residents’ Association and the Hillingdon Alliance of Residents Associations (HARA) hosted “Hillingdon Decides” – a digital leadership hustings ahead of the 2026 local elections. As the non-partisan umbrella group made up of residents’ associations across the borough (including Ruislip […]
Hillingdon Decides: Join the 2026 Leadership Hustings. Hear from the parties standing at next month’s election
As a member of the Hillingdon Alliance of Residents’ Associations (HARA), the Ruislip Residents’ Association (RRA) is encouraging all our members to participate in a vital borough-wide event: Hillingdon Decides. It is a Zoom webinar for the whole borough to ask questions of the parties seeking our votes on 7th May. On Tuesday, 21st April […]
The 7th May local elections: What your vote does (and doesn’t) decide
On Thursday 7th May, residents across Hillingdon will vote in local elections. It will be a vote about bins, roads, parks and services – not national politics At a time when national and international politics dominates the headlines, it’s easy to lose sight of a simple fact: May’s local elections are about how our local […]
